Effi Briest (1974)
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.
- Released
- 1974-06-20
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 52 votes
Cast
- Hanna Schygulla as Effi Briest
- Wolfgang Schenck as Baron Geert von Instetten
- Ulli Lommel as Major Crampas
- Lilo Pempeit as Frau Briest
- Herbert Steinmetz as Herr Briest
- Ursula Strätz as Roswitha
- Irm Hermann as Johanna
- Karlheinz Böhm as Wullersdorf
- Karl Scheydt as Kruse
- Barbara Lass as Köchin
- Rudolf Lenz as Geheimrat Rummschüttel
- Andrea Schober as Annie